Photocopied list of books featuring early maps of Coll and Tiree.
List of books which contain early maps of Coll and Tiree with list of addresses on reverse.
1997.135.1
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1997.114.1
Photocopy of a list of Celtic saints.
A list of Celtic saints in chronological order from 440 AD – 720 AD.
2002.63.1
Valuation Roll for the County of Argyll, Parish of Tiree, 1931-2.
Valuation Roll for Tiree 1931-2.
2000.4.3
Listing of editions of magazine called `Western Approaches` re Coll, Iona, Mull & Tiree held in Tobermory Museum
Listing of magazine editions for Coll, Iona, Mull & Tiree held in Tobermory Museum
2002.58.3
Faxed letter from Donald Campbell, Aberdeen, with list of merchant seamen decorated in World War II.
List of Merchant seamen decorated during World War II, giving name, rank, vessel and award.
2002.36.12
United Auction catalogue for the cattle sale held on 16/2/2002.
List of owners and stock for sale.
1997.84.1
Photocopied computer printout from Tiree Met Office.
Monthly rainfall figures for January, February and March 1976-1995.
1997.93.1
Historic Scotland publication `A List of Ancient Monuments in Scotland 1997`.
List of prehistoric, Roman, ecclestistical, secular and industrial monuments, crosses and carved stones.
1999.11.3
Payments to emigrants from Tiree to Canada in August 1849
Transcription of a list of payments made to emigrants to Canada in August 1849.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In 1847, the second year of the potato famine, the Central Relief Board assumed overall control of the relief efforts of the Free Church and the Destitution Committees of Glasgow and Edinburgh. The following year inspectors were appointed to ensure that all recipients passed the ‘destitution test’.
No-one was eligible for relief until all their means were exhausted. Able-bodied labourers were excluded as were those who had a legal claim to subsistence from the Parish. Those considered fit enough were expected to labour outdoors on public works, the rest to spin, knit or make nets.
To ensure that only the truly destitute would accept relief, the meal ration was cut to one pound a day and paid for by the whole labour of the recipient. Such harsh conditions and the promise of assisted passages from the Estate persuaded a further 364 to emigrate from Tiree in 1849.
1999.11.5
List of emigrants from Tiree in 1851
Transcription of the list of emigrants from Tiree in 1851.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
As a result of the potato famine of 1846, the 8th Duke of Argyll devised a strategy to deal with the endemic poverty and overcrowding on Tiree: assisted emigration of cottars and the smallest tenants, prohibition of the subdivision of crofts, consolidation of small tenancies and the creation of small farms.
This led to a reduction in the numbers of small tenants, increased numbers of larger tenants and an increase in rental income. However, these policies also contributed to the continuing fall in the island’s population. An estimated 3670 people left Tiree between 1841 and 1881.
A second wave of emigration in 1880s confirmed the decline which was sustained throughout the 20th century with many islanders leaving to find work elsewhere.